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⛔ UTAH PUTS FIVE POSTING AND DISCLOSURE DUTIES ON THE SUPERVISOR, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT SENTENCE FROM PUTTING THEM ON THE FACILITY — THE STATUTE NAMES WHO MUST ENSURE THEM. A supervisor performing or supervising a cosmetic medical procedure must ensure their name is PROMINENTLY POSTED at the cosmetic medical facility, a copy of their LICENSE IS DISPLAYED ON THE WALL, the patient receives WRITTEN INFORMATION naming both the supervisor and the person performing the NONABLATIVE procedure, the patient is given a TELEPHONE NUMBER ANSWERED WITHIN 24 HOURS for follow-up, and the facility’s CONTRACT WITH A MASTER ESTHETICIAN who performs a nonablative procedure there is kept on the premises. Sedation carries named external standards incorporated by reference, and medical records must be kept per applicable law and the AMA Code of Medical Ethics. Whether Utah separately registers a med spa as premises was not surveyed here. The PRICE of the credential is on the Division’s published fee schedule: an esthetician license is $60.00 to apply and $52.00 to renew, a master esthetician $85.00 and $68.00, a basic esthetics permit $60.00 and $52.00, a cosmetology license $60.00 and $52.00, and an esthetician school $110.00 each way. These claims carry practitioner and school fees only; no salon or establishment fee is surveyed.

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  • ⛔ UTAH ANSWERS THE COMPOUNDED-SEMAGLUTIDE QUESTION BY EXCLUSION, AND THE EXCLUSION IS THE SHARPEST ON THIS PASS. "Compounding" does not include the preparation by a pharmacist or pharmacy intern of any prescription drug in a dosage form which is regularly and commonly available from a manufacturer in quantities and strengths prescribed by a practitioner Semaglutide and tirzepatide are regularly and commonly available from their manufacturers, so preparing them in the marketed dosage form is not compounding in Utah at all — it falls outside the definition rather than inside it on conditions.

    Utah Code § 58-17b-102(18)(b)(ii) (⛔ preparing a commercially available drug is NOT compounding) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • The supply-chain route is excluded in the same subsection. "Compounding" does not include the preparation of prescription drugs by a pharmacist or pharmacy intern for sale to another pharmacist or pharmaceutical facility — so a pharmacy preparing stock to sell on to a clinic is not compounding either.

    Utah Code § 58-17b-102(18)(b)(i) (…nor is preparing drugs for sale to another pharmacy or facility) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • The positive definition has three limbs and bounds the quantity from the first word. "Compounding" means the preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a limited quantity drug, sterile product, or device: (i) as the result of a practitioner's prescription order or initiative based on the practitioner, patient, or pharmacist relationship in the course of professional practice; (ii) for the purpose of, or as an incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale or dispensing; or (iii) in anticipation of prescription drug orders based on routine, regularly observed prescribing patterns.

    Utah Code § 58-17b-102(18)(a) (the three limbs, including anticipatory stock) · verified Sep 7, 2026

  • A supervisor performing or supervising a cosmetic medical procedure under Subsection (2) or (3) shall ensure that: (a) the supervisor’s name is prominently posted at the cosmetic medical facility identifying the supervisor; (b) a copy of the supervisor’s license is displayed on the wall of the cosmetic medical facility; (c) the patient receives written information with the name and licensing information of the supervisor who is supervising the nonablative cosmetic medical procedure and the person who is performing the nonablative cosmetic medical procedure; (d) the patient is provided with a telephone number that is answered within 24 hours for follow-up communication; and (e) the cosmetic medical facility’s contract with a master esthetician who performs a nonablative cosmetic medical procedure at the facility is kept on the premises of the facility.

    Utah Code § 58-1-506(4) (Supervision of cosmetic medical procedures — facility duties) · verified Sep 4, 2026

  • a physician who is providing general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate sedation shall possess the knowledge, skills, and education and training required by the following standards, and shall comply with the following standards: (1) the following American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) standards, which are incorporated by reference: (a) Basic Standards for Preanesthesia Care, 2020 edition; (b) Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring, 2020 edition; and (c) Standards for Postanesthesia Care, 2019 edition;

    Utah Admin. Code R156-67-510 (Anesthesia and sedation requirements) · verified Sep 4, 2026

  • Under Subsection 58-67-803(1), medical records shall be maintained in accordance with: (1) applicable laws, regulations, and rules; and (2) the AMA Code of Medical Ethics as incorporated by reference in Subsection R156-67-502(14).

    Utah Admin. Code R156-67-803 (Medical records) · verified Sep 4, 2026

  • The Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing’s fee schedule (initial application, then renewal): Esthetician N/A $60.00 $52.00 Esthetician Esthetician Apprentice $20.00 $20.00 Esthetician Esthetician Instructor $60.00 N/A Esthetician Esthetician School $110.00 $110.00 Esthetician Basic Esthetics Permit $60.00 $52.00 Esthetician Master Esthetician $85.00 $68.00; Cosmetology N/A $60.00 $52.00

    Utah DOPL Fee Schedule — Esthetician; Master Esthetician; Cosmetology (published schedule) · verified Sep 7, 2026

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